Monday, April 14, 1930 (Opening Day)
Washington 5 Boston (AL)(H) 0
Firpo Marberry scattered five hits in a complete game shut-out and drove in two runs himself to help his cause. The Nationals now find themselves in first place with the best record in baseball.
Tuesday, April 15, 1930
Three shut-outs in one day? It must be the weather.
Detroit (H) 2 St. Louis (AL) 1
George Uhle pitched a masterpiece for the Tigers, only to lose his shut-out in the top of the ninth. Not to be deterred, Marty McManus drove home Charlie Gehringer with the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 6 New York (AL) 0
Lefty Grove pitched a complete game shutout, scattering three Yankee hits. Jimmy Foxx hit the first replay homerun and drove in three runs to support Grove.
Boston (AL) 3 Washington (H) 2
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Lloyd Brown pitched a masterful game for the Nationals, only allowing two unearned runs heading into the ninth, but a Bill Sweeney triple followed by a successful squeeze bunt by Bill Narleski proved to be a game-winner for the Red Sox. Red Ruffing pitched well to keep the Sox in the game, but it was Frank Mulroney who got the win in relief.
Note: The next day Mulroney took a batting practice line drive off his skull and wouldn’t pitch again until June 23.
Boston (NL) 4 New York (NL) (H) 1
Wally Berger made his ML debut and hit a homerun in support of Socks Siebold who picked up the complete-game victory. Jimmy Welsh also homered for the Braves.
Cincinnati (H) 2 Pittsburgh 0
The Reds pushed across two singletons and Red Lucas made them stand up in picking up a complete game shutout over the Pirates. The Pirates started the season without the services of two future Hall-of-Famers, Pie Traynor and Lloyd Waner, both recovering from appendicitis.
Brooklyn (H) 8 Philadelphia (NL) 0
In the third complete game shut-out of the day, Watty Clark gave up ten hits to the Phillies but kept them off the board to get the easy victory. Johnny Frederick led the Dodgers off with a solo homerun, and Frederick and Del Bissonette both had three RBI's for the day.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 12 Chicago (NL) 7
So where was all the vaulted 1930's offense? Right here in St. Louis. The Cardinals attack featured a grand slam (Jim Bottomley), a bases-loaded triple (George "Showboat" Fisher), and a two-run bases-loaded single (also Fisher) to blow it open early. Chick Hafey and Frankie Frisch also homered for the Cards. Flint Rhem didn't pitch particularly well but got the win. Sheriff Blake gave up seven walks to keep the bases loaded with Cardinals and got the loss. Rogers Hornsby hit a two-run homerun in the top of the first to give the Cubs a temporary lead, but that didn't last long.
Wednesday, April 16, 1930
Boston (AL) (H) 7 Washington 6 (10)
Washington kept taking the lead, but couldn't pull away, and the pesky Red Sox kept climbing back into it. Finally, Phil Todt stroked his first homerun of the season in the bottom of the tenth to give the hometown team their second consecutive walk-off victory. Bill Regan also went deep in this game. Jack Russell pitched one inning and got the victory, while Bump Hadley went all the way in the loss.
Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati (H) 0
Pittsburgh and Erv Brame returned the shut-out favor Cincinnati had provided the previous day, and Brame further contributed with a double, two runs scored, and a key sacrifice attempt that went bad for the Reds and eventually led to two more Pirate runs. Brame only allowed two hits, throttling the Reds very convincingly.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 4 Chicago (NL) 3
The Cardinals took an early 2-0 lead, only to have the Cubs claw their way back and take a 3-2 lead going into the bottom of the 7th. The Cardinals proceeded to get two more and then hold on for the victory. Syl Johnson got the win, Jesse Haines the save, and Al Shealy got the loss in relief.
Note: Charlie Root (CHC) was injured for three games in the third inning. I wasn't expecting any injuries, much less one for three days.
Thursday, April 17. 1930
Cleveland 9 Chicago AL) (H) 7
After some delay, these two teams were finally able to commence their season. The Indians moved off to a comfortable lead early, but the White Sox kept up the good fight and made it close. A late Earl Averill homerun seemed to safely put the game away, but the Sox put up four in the 9th to make it close
St. Louis (AL) 18 Detroit (H) 9
The Browns opened up an early 7-3 lead after four but then blew it open with an 8-run sixth. Heinie Manush had four hits and four RBI's, and Ski Melillo picked up five RBI's with his four hits. General Crowder wasn't especially sharp (eleven hits and six walks allowed), but he kept the Tigers from getting the big hit when it was really needed. John Stone and Bob Fothergill both hit solo homers for Detroit, with Fothergill's being of the pinch-hit variety.
Note: Charlie Gehringer got ejected in the first for arguing a strike call. The Tigers don’t have another rated second baseman, so Bill Akers was drafted to finish the game at second.
Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 2
After trading shut-outs, both teams managed to score this time, but it was another tight one down to the wire. The Reds took an early 2-1 lead, and both pitchers kept it there until the Pirates pushed across the tying run in the top of the seventh. The possibility of extra innings seemed imminent until Tony Cuccinello hit the first Reds homerun of the season in the bottom of the eighth. Eppa Rixey made that lead stand up for the complete game win, while Larry French was the hard-luck loser.
Chicago (NL) 4 St. Louis (NL) (H) 3
The Cubs pushed across three runs in the fifth due to some sloppy Cardinals defense and Pat Malone held off the potent Cardinals offense to pick up the complete-game victory. Jim Bottomley became the first player to have two homeruns in the replay.
Friday, April 18, 1930
Apparently, weather continues to play havoc with the opening week of the season on the east coast.
Detroit (H) 2 Cleveland 1 (17)
What a game! Ownie Carroll and Wes Ferrell both took shut-outs into extra innings. Ferrell had a chance to get the complete game win when the Indians finally pushed across a run in the top of the 13th, but the Tigers got one of their own to keep the game going. Additional stellar relief kept both teams in it, but the Tigers finally took it when Harry Rice drove home John Stone in the bottom of the 17th with a two-out single.
Pittsburgh 13 Cincinnati (H) 12
The Pirates took a quick 4-0 lead in the top of the first as Adam Comorosky and Gus Suhr had the first instance of back-to-back homeruns in the replay. That lead didn't last long though as the Reds offense finally woke up and they exploded for eight runs in the bottom of the first, featuring a Hughie Critz homerun. The Pirates had twenty hits in the game and continued to draw closer until they pushed across three runs in the top of the eighth to regain the lead. That seemed to close things out, but then Curt Walker stroked a two run homerun in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extras. The Pirates then scored once in the top of the tenth and Glenn Spencer made the lead hold up in picking up his first save of the season.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 15 Chicago (NL) 7
A five-run first and a six-run third as the Cardinals battered Guy Bush for a second time this season. Bill Hallahan did not pitch appreciably well, but with a big lead he scattered nine hits and eight walks and got the complete-game victory. Taylor Douthit and Showboat Fisher homered for the Cardinals and Chick Hafey picked up five RBI's with two doubles. Obviously, the Cardinals are off to a hot start and the difference between them and the Cubs so far is that the Cardinals consistently get hits when there are men on base.
In Cubs news, Hack Wilson finally got his first RBI of the season. Lon Warneke (The Arkansas Hummingbird) made his ML debut, although his last 1930 appearance.
Saturday, April 19, 1930
Finally - A day with a full slate of games, and a double-header to boot.
New York (AL) 11 at Boston (AL) (H) 4 (GM 1)
Babe Ruth got his first homerun, a two-run shot in the top of the first, and the Yankees never looked back. Ruth ended up with five RBI's, Lou Gehrig added a double and a homerun of his own, and Dusty Cooke chipped in with two triples. Waite Hoyt got the complete-game victory for the Pinstripes.
Note: An outfield collision injured Jack Rothrock (4 Games) and Tom Oliver (Rest of Game). In real life this was the game were Rothrock actually broke his leg sliding into second base. He did not appear again until July 9. Wow!
New York (AL) 13 Boston (AL) (H) 0 (GM 2)
Babe Ruth started off the fireworks again with his second homerun of the day and second homerun of the season, a two-run shot in the third. Lou Gehrig added a grand slam and a three-run homerun to put things out of reach. Dusty Cooke picked up his third triple of the day. Lost in all the offensive excitement was the fact that Herb Pennock twirled a three-hit complete game shut-out for the Yankees
Note: The ATMgr tool will not drop Rothrock from the roster until tomorrow (roster adjustments are done by date, not by game), so he was on the active roster during game two of the doubleheader, but with no further injury designation.
St. Louis (AL) 5 Chicago (AL) (H) 3
A two-run triple by Rick Ferrell in the top of the second and Lefty Stewart and the Browns never looked back. Stewart gave up two late-game solo homeruns to Jimmy Moore and Bud Clancy (a pinch-hit homerun), but the Sox couldn't get all the way back into the game. Heinie Manush went 5-for-5 and is now hitting .733 after three games for the Browns.
Detroit (H) 13 Cleveland 8
The Tigers took an early lead and then a Dale Alexander three-run homerun put it out of reach. Chief Hogsett weakened towards the end and allowed five Indian runs in the eighth and ninth, but with a big lead was able to finish what he started
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 5 Washington 3
Both teams scored twice in the first, but Myles Thomas and Rube Walberg settled down from their shaky start and pitched well after that. Thomas made one mistake to Al Simmons in the fifth and that two-run homerun was all Walberg needed to earn a hard-fought victory.
Brooklyn (H) 2 Boston (L) 1 (10)
Bob Smith and Dazzy Vance both pitched masterfully, but it looked like the single run the Braves scored in the sixth would be enough for Smith. Unfortunately, Smith came up lame in the eighth and Ben Cantwell, despite getting out of the eighth unscathed and then retiring the first two batters in the ninth, allowed the Robins to tie it and send the game into extras. Once again Cantwell got the first two batters before giving up a free pass to pinch-hitter Rube Bressler followed by a run-scoring double by Johnny Frederick.
Chicago (NL) 9 Cincinnati (H) 7
The Reds strung together several bleeders and bloopers along with some shaky Cubs defense to score six runs in the third, but the Cubs battled back by scoring four in the fourth and four in the ninth to eventually take the game with a come-from-behind victory. Charley Root and Benny Frey both added two hits and a double in their own support, but it was Hal Carlson that got the W.
Philadelphia (NL) 14 New York (NL) (H) 3
The Giants actually led 3-2 after five, their runs coming from a three-run homerun by Shanty Hogan in the second. Phillies starter Lou Koupal held the New Yorkers in check the rest of the way and Chuck Klein picked up four hits, including a double and triple, to drive in four runs to lead the rally. Shortstop Tommy Thevenow also drove in four runs for the Phillies.
Pittsburgh 13 St. Louis (NL) (H) 9
The Pirates led 9-4 heading into the bottom of the fourth, but with starting pitcher Ray Kremer pulled up lame they knew their bullpen would have to come through against the mighty Cardinals offense. As one might suspect the Cardinals would have the last say about that and battled back to tie the game, only to have the Pirates rally for four in the top of the ninth and earn the victory. Gus Suhr picked up four RBI's with two doubles for the Pirates.
Note: Kremer lasted 2.2 before having to be pulled
Sunday, April 20, 1930
Philadelphia (AL) 15 Boston (AL) (H) 3
Eddie Rommel went the entire way for the A's and picked up two hits and four RBI's with a double and triple. A series of Red Sox pitchers took their lumps in this one.
Note: I blinked and accidentally set the games to auto-play. I had completed my weekly draft league games previous to this where I use a micromanager and set the game speed to fast, so the game was completed before I could stop it. I have opted to just keep the result and will need to need to be more cognizant about this in the future.
Detroit (H) 3 Cleveland 2
George Uhle scattered four hits and went all the way to become the first two-game winner in the replay. Charlie Gehringer rang up two triples to lead the Tigers offense
Note: During the game, Charlie Jamieson was hit-by-pitch, but stayed in the game. I have seen this type of instance several times now where a player "might be hurt" but is allowed to stay in the game. I do have injuries turned off, and I have set all of the injury ratings to 1 (unless they were 0, to begin with), so I am playing these instances as a "game only injury." which allows me to ensure the subs get in their games as well.
Washington (H) 7 New York (AL) 2
Lloyd Brown was the story today as he befuddled the Yankees hitters and got the complete-game victory. The Nationals pushed four runs across in the first, but Tom Zachary settled down and didn't allow any more runs. A two-run Babe Ruth triple in the top of the eighth cut the lead to 4-2, but the Nationals answered with three of their own in the bottom of the eighth to salt it away.
Brooklyn (H) 3 Boston (NL) 2
Watty Clark and Socks Seibold were both masterful, but a pinch-hit two-run single by Rube Bressler in the bottom of the ninth gave the Robins the come-from-behind victory. The Braves had taken the lead in the top of the ninth, but the Robins were not to be denied.
Chicago (ML) 3 Cincinnati (H) 0
In his previous start Sheriff Blake gave up ten runs in three innings (ERA 30.00). Today, he blanked the Reds with a three-hit shutout and got his ERA down to 7.50. Blake also drove in two runs to support his own cause with a single in the fourth. This means after six Cubs games this season that Blake now has two RBI's while Hack Wilson has only picked up one, even while sitting in the middle of that potent Cubs lineup.
New York (NL) (H) 6 Philadelphia (NL) 0
In a match-up of eventual Hall-of-Famers, Carl Hubbell had the goods this day over Pete Alexander. Alexander had one bad inning in the second and the Giants scored four times, and then Hubbell took care of the rest going the distance for the victory.
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